A #Haiku #Psalter

#Psalm 21
You, LORD, bless the king:
trusting you, he'll not be moved.
Woe betide his foes.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+21&version=NRSVA

#HaikuPsalter

A #Haiku #Psalter

#Psalm 10
Evil's on the prowl,
boasting of impunity.
Rise, LORD, intervene!

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+10&version=NRSVA

#HaikuPsalter

A #Haiku #Psalter

#Psalm 9
I will testify:
despots fall, but you reign on.
LORD, remember me!

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+9&version=NRSVA

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A #Haiku #Psalter

#Psalm 8
Your glory resounds!
Moon and stars your handiwork;
yet you give us voice.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+8&version=NRSVA

#HaikuPsalter

A #Haiku #Psalter

#Psalm 4
Sometimes you're distant.
I can only sit, and serve.
But I won't lose faith.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+4&version=NRSVA

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A #Haiku #Psalter

#Psalm 2
Tyrants vainly scheme;
mocking them, the LORD says: See!
Zion's king, my Son.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+2&version=NRSVA

#HaikuPsalter

A #Haiku #Psalter

#Psalm 1
Trees beside a stream,
fruitful in their own season:
the LORD's Law their sap.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+1&version=NRSVA

#HaikuPsalter

Back in Lent 2021 I wrote a #haiku for each of the 150 #psalms in the Bible.

It turned out to be for me an important and helpful devotional exercise. Some offered a précis of the Biblical text; others picked out and played with a particular theme from the source material; in a few cases the haiku became a kind of response to (or even critique of) the Psalmist's words.

Starting tomorrow I'll be reposting this #HaikuPsalter here - [CORRECTION] five posts a week, each Monday to Friday.

1/2

The people have spoken! Both of them. Unfortunately they didn't agree with each other. So I think the fairest way forward is the option which neither of them chose!

Starting from 2 January, I'll be posting a #psalm in #haiku form each weekday.

I'll say a little more about this little #HaikuPsalter project nearer the time.

The people have spoken! Both of them. Unfortunately they didn't agree with each other. So I think the fairest way forward is the option which neither of them chose!

Starting from 2 January, I'll be posting a #psalm in #haiku form each weekday.

I'll say a bit more about this little #HaikuPsalter project nearer the time.